After the first rounds of qualifying were rained out on Friday, drag racing at the NHRA’s season-opening Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline at Auto Club Raceway returned to action on Saturday.

In the Top Fuel division, Larry Dixon closed out the day with a blistering national-record pass of 3.770 at 324.98 to claim the No. 1 qualifying position.

Other No. 1 qualifiers at the first of 22 races in NHRA’s 60th anniversary season were Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock).

NHRA officials said that Dixon’s No. 1 was the 49th No. 1 of his career. He is three shy of Don “The Snake” Prudhomme for No. 8 on the all-time NHRA No. 1 qualifiers list.

Erica Enders, in her Chevy Cobalt will face Richard Freeman in his Pontiac GXP in the opening round on Sunday. Photo courtesy of the NHRA.

The 51st annual Winternationals eliminations rounds will begin Sunday at 11 a.m. with Top Fuel, followed by Funny Car and Pro Stock and they will be telecast by ESPN2 beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

Official results and photos provided courtesy of the NHRA.

POMONA, Calif. — First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the first of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below pairings.